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Published
October 24, 2017

Peru passes legislation to legalize medical marijuana

It follows Chile and Columbia, which previously approved the use of medical pot.
Published
August 30, 2017

Our View: Medical pot deserves chance to replace opioids

Non-lethal marijuana is an illegal substitute for lethal – but legal – drugs that are highly addictive.
Published
August 27, 2017

Court case presents challenge to medical pot in injury case

A disabled worker says he's found an effective alternative to opioids, but a paper mill and its insurer won't pay for what federal law deems illegal.
Published
July 24, 2017

Dozens pick up Gardiner trash, with pot giveaway as incentive

A medical marijuana grower offered a gram for every bag of trash collected on city streets.
Published
June 29, 2017

Emergency bill closing medical marijuana loophole signed into law

Cities and towns can now prohibit caregivers from growing pot any closer than 500 feet from a school property line.

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Published
June 14, 2017

Caregivers raise alarm at hearing over proposed changes to Maine’s medical marijuana rules

About 100 people attend the meeting to speak against proposed rules that would tighten the oversight of those who cultivate of medical cannabis.
Published
June 13, 2017

Marijuana caregivers band together to battle state’s efforts to tighten regulations

Providers and patients who grow their own pot worry that the new rules could cost them their license or even their freedom.
Published
June 13, 2017

Jeff Sessions asking Congress to let him prosecute medical marijuana providers

But research strongly suggests that cracking down on medical marijuana laws could perversely make the opiate epidemic even worse.
Published
April 21, 2017

Survey: Pot may reduce patients’ opioid use

Chronic pain sufferers say they were able to cut their intake of prescription opioids and other medicines.
Published
April 6, 2017

Panel divided over bill to prevent medical pot users from being denied organ transplants

After Maine Med defends its strict prohibition, which came after two patients died from an illness tied to a fungus found in marijuana, a committee votes 6-5 against endorsing the legislation.